KINGSTON, N.Y. -- Mayor Shayne Gallo tore into two Democratic aldermen again on Wednesday -- this time after the two voiced concerns about not being kept in the loop regarding focus group sessions being held by the Gallo administration.

The aldermen -- Common Council Majority Leader Thomas Hoffay, D-Ward 2, and Robert Senor, D-Ward 8, often the target of criticism by Gallo -- wondered on Tuesday why they were not informed about the focus group sessions that Gallo says he's been holding for the past week or so with community members, business representatives, clergy and others.

Gallo said discussions with these "stakeholders" are part of his ongoing effort to draw up a plan for Midtown revitalization as well foster economic development.

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The mayor called Hoffay "reckless and disconnected" and said Hoffay and Senor never have asked him about the focus groups or about any matters pertaining to the allocation of federal money by the city's Office for Community Development.

"He (Hoffay) is nothing more than spoiled because he has gotten what he wanted (under former Mayor James Sottile)," said Gallo, a fellow Democrat. "I was elected to do what the people want me to do."

Gallo has said he expects to use funding from the Office for Community Development for Midtown revitalization efforts, including moving the city police station from its current home in the Rondout district to the former Bank of America building at Broadway and Henry Street in Midtown.

Gallo said the focus group meetings he is holding have not existed in the city since 1997, when his brother, T.R., was mayor. Sottile became mayor in 2002, when T.R. Gallo died in office. The current mayor was elected in November 2011 after Sottile decided not to seek another term.

Of Senor, Gallo said the alderman "is not even running for election" and continues his "grandstanding" on matters.

Senor, who is stepping down at year's end, at first said he had no comment about Gallo's latest criticisms of him and Hoffay.

"He is not worth it. It is just not worth it," Senor said.

He then said, though, that lawmakers were unaware of the focus groups and just want to be kept informed.

Senor said that if the Gallo administration is to be "transparent," as the mayor often says it is, lawmakers need to have information.

"We don't even know who is part of the focus groups," Senor said. "We don't know who the players are."

Hoffay declined to comment.

Gallo said Senor and Hoffay have shown a disinterest in community development strategy by not attending meetings of the Community Development Advisory Board and public hearings.

In a related matter, Senor said late Tuesday that lawmakers received no explanation of why Gallo last week fired Jennifer Fuentes as director of the Office for Community Development.

Senor said the city's attorney, Andrew Zweben, addressed the Common Council's Community Development Committee on Tuesday but said only that the firing was an executive decision regarding a personnel issue and that he could not elaborate.

Editor's note: This story was corrected at 11:25 a.m. April 25 to indicate Robert Senor represents Ward 8, not Ward 9.